June 2007 RWA Update – PDF Version
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Force’s $100,000 riot fine
THE NSW Police Force has been fined $100,000 because it failed to protect its officers during the Redfern riot reports AAP in the SMH of June 8, 2007 Read More…
Housing redevelopment commences, still seeking private partner
The long awaited redevelopment of the public housing site opposite South Sydney Oval in Redfern has been given the official go ahead. It is expected to commence in early 2008 and be finished by the end of the following year reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007. Read More…
Get Out!- Foster’s to evict Kensington Street tenants
The Foster ’s Group, through the property managers of the Carlton & United Breweries site, has given eviction notices to the four tenants of terraces on Kensington Street in Chippendale reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007. Read More…
Matavi and Tarunga residents bothered by ‘Stand Up’
It seems that Stand Up – a group of inner city activists (normally very responsible) – have stuffed up. They letter-boxed the residents of Matavai and Tarunga with pamphlets which claim that Frank Sartor’s RWA has announced plans to demolish their homes. This seems like a bizarre action to take as i Read More…
Open all hours – at what cost?
Owners of late-trading pubs may be lapping up the profits, but many are finding the surge in alcohol-fuelled violence hard to swallow reports Candice Chung and Claire Thompson in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007. Read More…
Aboriginal Cultural Assessment: The Former Redfern Court House and Police Station, NSW
Registration of Stakeholder Interest for Aboriginal Cultural Assessment: The Former Redfern Court House and Police Station, NSW. Read More…
’67 Referendum remembered
Bobby Perry remembers the 1967 Referendum as a turning point in the darker chapters of Australian history. The long-time political activist, now 68, was a member of the Aboriginal Progress Association which campaigned for Indigenous citizens’ right to be properly accounted for in the population cens Read More…
An old digger’s black experience
“It was the system that let him down” says 82-year-old Val Hinton of her late husband Cecil. Speaking in a soft, gentle tone, Val remembers Cecil as “a good man who was well-liked and loved” – but who also became “very bitter” over his treatment as an Aboriginal returned soldier reports Robert Domm Read More…
Indigenous artists dream together at Performance Space
Indigenous artists will get together for the first time at Performance Space in their new CarriageWorks location later this month for an eclectic mix of shows centred around the theme Ngalaringi Nangami Dyaralang (‘Our Dreaming’) reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2007. Read More…